striking
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++strik·ing /ˈstraɪkɪŋ/ ●○○ adjective 1 IMPRESSunusual or interesting enough to be easily noticed 惊人的，显著的striking contrast/similarity/parallel etc a striking contrast between wealth and poverty 显著的贫富差异2 BEAUTIFUL/GOOD-LOOKINGattractive in an unusual way that is easy to notice 吸引人的，惹人注目的 a dark man with striking features 相貌出众、肤色黝黑的男子3 [only before noun] not working because of being on strike 罢工的 striking auto workers 正在罢工的汽车工人 → be within striking distance at strike1(18)Examples from the Corpus
striking• With her mass of black hair and pale skin she looked very striking.• The lowest ranks of society showed the most striking and significant contrasts.• From the outside, the most striking aspect of the building is its tall, slender tower.• Celia had striking brown eyes like some Russian icon.• There were some striking continuities in terms of the survival of Roman law and custom and language.• More striking examples of lawlessness took place in Makarenko's dealings with several local authorities.• And indeed, it is the potential complementarity of the views that is their most striking feature.• The face in the photograph was striking - good-looking and vivacious.• In Hunt's striking portraits of the two sisters, each is shown wearing the cameo.• He had a striking profile, with a large nose that reminded people of a Roman statue.• It's a tall plant with striking red flowers in early spring, • The cave frames a striking view across the bay to Marsalforn and beyond.• Tina Wilkinson's striking vocals dart over the aggressive and exuberant title track with charismatic panache.• Even at 75, Alice is still a striking woman.striking contrast/similarity/parallel etc• And there are some striking similarities.• So far as the general public is concerned, New Testament history offers a striking contrast.• There was a striking similarity between himself and Bull O'Malley.• There are several striking similarities between the two, as Table 6.2 shows.• The other striking contrast is between holiness and sinfulness.• The result was a drawing that has some striking similarities to confessed killer Richard Allen Davis.• Lynn Carter presented a striking contrast to her extrovert mate.strik·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
unusual or noticed to Corpus interesting be easily enough
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striking
strik‧ing /ˈstraɪkɪŋ/
adjective1. unusual or interesting enough to be easily noticed
striking contrast/similarity/parallel etc
a striking contrast between wealth and poverty
2. attractive in an unusual way that is easy to notice:
a dark man with striking features
3. [only before noun] not working because of being on strike:
striking auto workers
⇨ be within striking distance at strike1(17)
strik‧ing /ˈstraɪkɪŋ/
adjective1. unusual or interesting enough to be easily noticedstriking contrast/similarity/parallel etc
2. attractive in an unusual way that is easy to notice:
3. [only before noun] not working because of being on strike:
⇨ be within striking distance at strike1(17)
Highlighting interesting data 强调有趣的数据
◆ What is surprising about these resultsis that boys are more likely to be left-handed than girls.这些结果令人吃惊的是男生比女生更可能是左撇子。 ◆ Surprisingly , boys are more likely to be left-handed than girls.令人吃惊的是男生比女生更可能是左撇子。 ◆ Interestingly , even when both parents are left-handed, there is still only a 26% chance of their children being left-handed.有趣的是即使父母都是左撇子，他们的孩子也只有 26% 的概率是左撇子。 ◆ One of the most interesting findings is that only 2% of the left-handers surveyed have two left-handed parents.研究结果中最有趣的一点是在受调查的左撇子中只有 2% 的人父母都是左撇子。 ◆ It is interesting to note that people are more likely to be left-handed if their mother is left-handed than if their father is.有趣的是，母亲是左撇子的人比父亲是左撇子的人更可能成为左撇子。 ◆ The most striking feature of these resultsis that left-handed mothers are more likely to have left-handed children.这些结果中最引人注目的一点是左撇子母亲更可能生左撇子孩子。